Leonie March

@leoniemarch.bsky.social

Freelance Journalist. Southern Africa Correspondent. Radio & Print. Born in Germany, based in South Africa. www.weltreporter.net

In Kapstadt herrscht Wohnungsnot. Langfristige Mietverträge sind rar, weil sich mit Kurzvermietungen mehr Geld verdienen lässt. Die Immobilienpreise erreichen Höchstwerte. Und das ruft bei Kapstädtern Erinnerungen an die Vergangenheit hervor. www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/suedafrikas-...

Digitale Nomaden und ausländische Rentner machen sich in Kapstadt breit

Kapstadt leidet unter Wohnungsnot. Der Tourismus, Kurzzeitvermietungen und spekulativer Leerstand verknappen das Angebot und verändern die sozialen Strukturen.

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Nach zwei Jahrzehnten geht meine Zeit als ORF-Korrespondent nächsten Sommer vorbei. Ich habe dabei immer versucht, die Machtlosen nicht zu verletzen und mich nicht vor den Mächtigen zu verbiegen. Ich habe die arabische Welt widergespiegelt, wie sie ist, nicht wie man meint, dass sie zu sein hat 👇🏼

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All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 219 of The Continent Protests, an internet blackout, and deadly force marked Tanzania’s Election Day. Once online again, 37 readers shared what they witnessed. Read their stories: bit.ly/219_TC

The cover of The Continent, dated 8 November 2025 (Issue 219), bears the headline “Tanzania’s darkest week” and features a striking political cartoon by Gado that echoes Honoré Daumier’s 1831 caricature Gargantua.
At the top, the masthead appears in bold black letters on a beige background. Below it, the illustration dominates the page. It shows a woman seated on a throne-like chair, drawn to resemble Tanzania’s leader. Her mouth is open wide, and a long wooden ramp extends from her mouth, down which small, faceless figures carry large sacks labeled “Corruption,” “Incompetence,” “Fear,” and “Election Fraud.” They march upward to feed these vices into her mouth, while behind them, a long line of weary people stretches toward the horizon, waiting their turn.
To the left stands a sign reading “Abductions”, beside a huge pile of skulls — a chilling symbol of death and repression. Below, masked soldiers with rifles shoot civilians on a blood-spattered ground, surrounded by the bodies of the fallen. The entire scene conveys chaos, violence, and fear.
The image is a nod to Daumier’s Gargantua, which depicted France’s King Louis-Philippe as a grotesque giant devouring the people’s wealth while rewarding his cronies. Here, that 19th-century metaphor of gluttonous tyranny is adapted to Tanzania’s present moment — portraying a leader who consumes corruption, fear, and human lives themselves.

Mozambican prosecutors confirmed this week that opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane will be tried for five criminal offences, including incitement to terrorism, over his role in last year’s post-election protests in Mozambique.

Mondlane faces terrorism rap as Chapo goes back on his word

The development comes despite meetings between the opposition leader and President Daniel Chapo, which had suggested a thawing in Mozambique’s post-election wrangling.

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